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On the recordNovember 2, 2015
If you were going to try to build a biological weapon or somehow genetically change its composition, I suspect that there are plenty of research institutions, both public and private, that have that kind of intellectual property that, if secured in the hands of the wrong people, could create serious problems and untold consequences for us.
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Thomas J. Ridge
Pennsylvania

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Ridge warns about the risks of biological weapon development through cyber breaches.

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